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September 2024

September 01, 2024

In A World Of Screwtape Find Your Cricket Song

“If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph; The only proof...

August 2024

August 30, 2024

A Podcast And A Review Of It Ends With Us

"The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.” Oscar Wilde This is...

August 18, 2024

A Sweater Is Like A Hug From The Lord

“A sweater is like life, you get nothing out of it that you don’t put...

August 13, 2024

Can We Have Another Jesus Revolution?

"You don't need to clean up your life and come to God. You come to...

July 2024

July 29, 2024

The Dastardly Deeds of the Hall of Fame of Faith

Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.” Corrie Ten Boom Have...

July 24, 2024

Perhaps It Is Time For A Timeline Cleanse

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is...

July 10, 2024

Have You Cleaned Out Your Spiritual Refrigerator Recently?

“Clutter is not just the stuff on your floor-it’s anything that stands between you and...

July 07, 2024

Deconstructing Theology. Is it Okay to Ask God Questions?

"When Christianity entered into the world, people were not Christians and the difficulty was to...

June 2024

June 29, 2024

How Do We Find Hope When The World Is Screaming Around Us?

"Hope is a whisper in a world that shouts. But listen for it. Listen for...

June 26, 2024

It’s Okay To Tell God I Don’t Know

"It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without heart."...

June 22, 2024

An Empty Nester’s Guide to Life, The Universe and Everything

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I ended...

June 20, 2024

Life Has Choices. Destruction. Definition and Strength.

“When something bad happens, you have three choices. You can either let it define you,...

June 16, 2024

What Can I Give God? A Mustard Seed.

“Remember, there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a...

June 13, 2024

A Queen, Life, D-Day and John Williams. Life Goes On

“Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well...

May 2024

May 21, 2024

Dwelling In Possibility and the Catharsis it Brings.

"I Dwell in Possibility." Emily Dickinson Catharsis: The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief...

May 16, 2024

Revisiting The Old Church Cookbook And Its Life Lessons.

A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work...

May 13, 2024

The Marvelous Gift of Grace

“We witness other people's storms from the shelter of our own perspectives. Let’s be mindful...

May 10, 2024

A Mother Is Much Like a Casserole. It’s All In The Recipe

“Try not to be a person of success, but rather try to become a person...

April 2024

April 28, 2024

2 Funerals and a Pianist. Do We Need a Community?

The Gift of Your Six “It takes 6-8 pallbearers to lift you up when you’re...

April 18, 2024

Can the Beatitudes Help Me Live a Better and Beautiful Life?

If you have been a believer for a long time, you can probably say...

April 11, 2024

Can the Titanic and Its Musicians Teach Us a Lesson?

Can the Titanic and its musicians teach us a lesson 112 years later? On April...

April 06, 2024

What Are You Doing With Your 86400 Seconds Today? A Reverie

The Gift of 86,400 Seconds “Imagine this: If you had $86,400 in an account...

April 04, 2024

Jesus Wept. And So Can You.

Jesus Wept. And So Can You. This evening my husband and I had the unfortunate...

March 2024

March 29, 2024

Prayer, Wigglesworth’s Knees and Forgiveness. A Devotion.

“Prayer should be the key of the day and lock of the night.” George...

March 27, 2024

From Darkness to Light. A Resurrection Pondering.

The Gift of Darkness to Light. “In order for the light to shine so...

March 21, 2024

Can Christ Kintsugi My Heart?

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with...

March 19, 2024

Forgiveness, Regret, Finger Paint and Resurrection. What?

“How to hold regret tenderly: I wish that I would have done that differently, and...

March 14, 2024

Hope, Healing, Joy and a Bird’s Nest. An Easter Meditation.

The Gift of a Bird’s Nest. “Hope” is the thing with feathers That perches in...

March 12, 2024

Maundy Thursday is a Mood

Maundy Thursday is a Mood Positive Pensées Kathy King Is your cup half empty or...

June 2023

June 28, 2023

It’s Always Good To Be A Penny To Someone

The Gift of Pennies. Be a Penny to Someone “So don’t pass by that penny,...